The temptations that we face Are common to others as we embrace God's family, and begin to share This walk of love in all that we care
Indifference and hurt build the walls That hardens us, until we recall Our need to renew our daily walk It emanates in each of us as we talk
That as vessels of clay, spoiled and rebuilt By the potter's hands, it's revealed And illustrated in ways we can understand The journey of God that is already planned
By God, we are shaped and formed in our hearts To become among the best of God's precious art Formed from this sacred Eden's good clay As God created mankind from Earth that day
God formed us physically and also as spiritual Beings meant to cultivate God's habits as habitual Yet still, God provided each of us with free will We remain malleable by God in every aspect of detail
It's the if of the then that requires humility The faithfulness of a mustard seed brings divinity Into the moments of life among even the least of mankind That is except for those who are hardened and blind
The heart of Christ bleeds and cries out for mankind Seeking the redemption of even those who are blind Because of this, we should keep pliable to His ways If we are to live out the best of our mortal days
It's a struggle of faith that begins with history Yet the miracles shown speak past any mystery God's promises to humanity have always been here As His works move us from the here to the there
It's the daily lives of us that become set in routines That become traps of comfort that are self-sufficient as seen We need to shake ourselves out of the web of comfort zones And learn to keep in mind that we don't walk life alone
Surrender, not knowledge, reveals our days of morality Past the blind spots of life into true spirituality These are the necessary steps that create transformation Necessary to walk among the best of God's creations
It starts with the conviction that leads to repentance In a world that can be hard and often relentless We learn to soften our hearts to conformance with God's ways This then leads us to our best and holiest days
(c) November 26, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)
We play games aimed to please As we touch and you tease Showing me your personal spaces And touching me with your traces
These linger inside my mind Yours is the touch that I've wanted to find I am in a sense ruled by the passion Caused by you and by me...put into action
We stumble through the paces Pursuing the usual places Each of us wanting to be closer than we were Walking through the emotions as a blur
Fearing you might melt me with your heat Here in these places that we've come to meet I am getting used to your presence and feelings All of this sending my heart reeling
It was the summer of our love spent Never understanding where it went Sharing our night of dancing and shots Picking the romances of loves like forget-me-nots
We put to quiet practice our sensuality Putting aside any sense or use for practicality As we came together simply to explore The bonds and limits to pushed through to you and me
Looking through the mirrored reflection Each touch of ours finding its own connection The places your body ends and mine begins Is the everything on which life itself depends
(c) November 25, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The number of Americans suffering from hunger and food insecurity exploded by more than 10 million under President Joe Biden.” – USDA Economic Research Service’s report Household Food Security in the United States 2022
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.” – George Washington (1796)
Righteousness In Political Graces by Michael Doyle
Some leave God in the cradle of His birth Though He's shown us His love and worth Some have left God hanging on the cross But that's only to their sorrow and loss
It's the rolling of the stone and empty tomb In which we find ourselves the grace and room Of growing through the knowing God's true love And learning to best walk as if led from above
Many haven't minded breaking the social graces In giving life her all in their profound traces Such is the promise of the King's celebration That the fragrances were poured on in jubilation
Life comes at us, as it does, with its distractions In all its deeds, misdeeds, and in all actions While the Lord reigns above us as supreme Above the lesser kings who try to rob us of our dreams
In all of God's great and holy goodness and in His grace Our faith impacts our lives led and the politics we embrace Finding His will amidst the plurality of all humanity We must choose wisely and face our days graced with humility
(c) November 24, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know.” – John Adams, in Dissertation on the Cannon and Feudal Law
In this world folded into blindness Too many have forgotten kindness I think it begins with gratitude Looking on the world with right attitude
Before this, there is the participation That slowly seeps into relaxation Peace comes with every breath taken Allowing this feeling to not be shaken
In finding gratitude, we find happiness This is the moment first filled with bliss Connecting to each breath, we find the pace The pace that knows its own loving embrace
Shoulders and body soften into the now As we exhale the tension of the somehow Simply being only in this moment of seeing In the appreciation of being simply a human being
It is the what of who we are meant to be And simply seeing what we are meant to see Thankful for all that comes to fulfill life And easing our way out of self-made strife
(c) November 23, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
